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Written by the leading names in pediatric oncology and hematology, Nathan and Oski’s Hematology and Oncology of Infancy and Childhood offers you the essential tools you need to overcome the unique challenges and complexities of childhood cancers and hematologic disorders. Meticulously updated, this exciting full-color, two-volume set brings together the pathophysiology of disease with detailed clinical guidance to provide you with the most comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date information for diagnosing and treating children.

Key Features

Form a definitive diagnosis and create the best treatment plans possible with comprehensive coverage of all pediatric cancers, including less-common tumors, as well as all hematologic disorders, including newly recognized ones.

Develop a thorough, understanding ofthe underlying science of diseases through summaries of relevant pathophysiology balanced with clear, practical clinical guidance. Nathan and Oski’s is the only comprehensive product on the market that relates pathophysiology in such depth to hematologic and oncologic diseases affecting children.

Quickly and effortlessly access the key information you need with the help of a consistent organization from chapter to chapter and from volume to volume.

Table of Contents

Section I Neonatal Hematology

1. Anatomy and Physiology of Hematopoiesis

2. The Neonatal Erythrocyte and Its Disorders

3. Immune Hemolytic Disease

4. Neonatal Jaundice and Disorders of Bilirubin Metabolism

5. Hemostasis in the Newborn and Infant

Section II Bone Marrow Failure

6. Acquired Aplastic Anemia and Pure Red Cell Aplasia

7. Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes

8. Principles of Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplantation

Section III Disorders of Erythrocyte Production

9. Diagnostic Approach to the Anemic Patient

10. Megaloblastic Anemia

11. Disorders of Iron and Copper Metabolism, Sideroblastic Anemias and Lead Toxicity

12. Porphyrias

Section IV Hemolytic Anemias

13. Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia

14. Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria

15. Red Cell Membrane

16. Disorders of the Red Cell Membrane

17. Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency and Disorders of Glycolysis

18. Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency

19. Normal and Abnormal Hemoglobins

Section V Disorders of Hemoglobin

20. Sickle Cell Disease

21. Thalassemias

Section VI Phagocyte System

22. Phagocyte System and Disorders of Granulopoiesis and Granulocyte Function

Section VII Immune System

23. Immune Response

24. Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases

Section VIII Storage Diseases

25. Lysosomal Storage Diseases

Section IX Hemostasis

26. Platelets and the Vessel Wall

27. Blood Coagulation

28. Molecular Basis of Fibrinolysis

29. Approach to the Child with a Suspected Bleeding Disorder

30. Inherited Platelet Disorders

31. Hemophilia and von Willebrand Disease

32. Rare Hereditary Coagulation Factor Abnormalities

33. Inherited Disorders of Thrombosis and Fibrinolysis

34. Acquired Platelet Defects

35. Acquired Disorders of Hemostasis

Section X Supportive Therapy

36. Transfusion Medicine

Section XI Hematologic Manifestations of Systemic Diseases

37. Hematological Manifestations of Systemic Diseases

38. Hematology Manifestations of Systemic Diseases in Children of the Developing World